CHRISTOPHER POTTER - NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER

Code SGE - MS 242-4, Moffett Field, CA  94035
Phone:  650-604-6164     Fax:  650-604-4680     Email:  cpotter@mail.arc.nasa.gov

Title and Role

Co-Investigator - Responsible for coordination and integration of microbial ecosystem modeling design, data analysis-interpretation, and dissemination of results through written reports.

Related Experience Summary

Global and regional computer simulation of greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems through integration of remote sensing, ecosystem biogeochemical models, and geographic information system databases.  Author on over 45 peer-reviewed journal publications.  Invited member of NASA Carbon Cycle Science Steering Committee;  Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA) Science Steering Committee; Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study (BOREAS) Science Steering Committee, and the California Air Resources Board Steering Committee on Biogenic Emissions.

Employment History

1996-Pres., Research Scientist, Ecosystem Science Branch, NASA Ames Research Center.
1995-Pres., Adjunct Faculty, California State University Monterey Bay, Earth Systems Science and Policy.

Education

Doctorate, 1987 - Emory University, Atlanta, GA.  Forest Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Master of Science, 1986 - Emory University, Atlanta, GA.  Ecology
Bachelor of Arts, 1982 - Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI.  Biology and Chemistry

Professional Societies

American Geophysical Union

Awards and Honors

1996, NASA Public Service Medal
1993-91, National Research Council Associateship Fellow
1990-88, American Association for the Advancement of Science Diplomacy Fellow

Selected Relevant Publications

Buermann, W., B. Anderson, C. J. Tucker, R. E. Dickinson, W. Lucht, C. S. Potter and R. B. Myneni, 2002. Interannual covariability in northern hemisphere air temperatures and greenness associated with ENSO and AO, J. Geophys. Res.  (In press).

Raich J. W., C. S. Potter and D. Bhagawati.  2002.  Interannual variability in global soil respiration, 1980-1994.  Global Change Biology, 8: 800-812.

Potter, C. S. , S. Wang, N. T. Nikolov, A. D. McGuire, J. Liu, A. W. King, J. S. Kimball, R. F. Grant, S. E. Frolking, J. S. Clein, J. M. Chen, J. S. Amthor. 2001. Comparison of boreal ecosystem model sensitivity to variablity in climate and forest site parameters J. Geophys. Res.  106: 33,671- 33,688.

Amthor, J. S., J. M. Chen, J. S. Clein, S. E. Frolking, M. L. Goulden, R. F. Grant, J. S. Kimball, A. W. King, A. D. McGuire, N. T. Nikolov, C. S. Potter, S. Wang, and S. C. Wofsy, 2001. Boreal forest CO2 exchange and evapotranspiration predicted by nine ecosystem process models: Inter-model comparisons and relations to field measurements. J. Geophys. Res., 106: 33,623- 33,648.

Potter, C. S., S. E. Alexander, J. C. Coughlan, and S. A. Klooster, 2001, Modeling biogenic emissions of isoprene: Exploration of model drivers, climate control algorithms, and use of global satellite observations. Atmospheric Environment.35:  6151–6165.

Potter, C. S., E. A. Davidson, D. C. Nepstad, and C. R. Carvalho. 2001. Ecosystem modeling and dynamic effects of deforestation on trace gas fluxes in Amazon tropical forests. Forest Ecology and Management. 152: 97-117.

Potter, C. S., S. Klooster, C. R. de Carvalho, V. Brooks-Genovese, A. Torregrosa, J. Dungan, M. Bobo, and J. Coughlan. 2001. Modeling seasonal and interannual variability in ecosystem carbon cycling for the Brazilian Amazon region. J. Geophys. Res.  106: 10,423-10,446.

(Selected from more than 50 peer-reviewed journal publications)

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